244 RUBIACE. [Coprosma.. 
** Peduncles short, seldom over lin. Fascicles dense, many-flowered, 
rarely few-flowered. 
Subalpine dwarf shrub. Leaves very coriaceous, serrulate. 
Fascicles small, 2-5-flowered 
Maritime shrub.  Branchlets glabrous or nearly 50, 
Leaves fleshy, bright-green ; margins recurved 
Tree 15-40ft. Branchlets coarsely pubescent. Leaves 
13-3 in., oblong or obovate if 
Maritime shrub. JBranchlets finely pubescent. Leaves 
4. C. serrulata. 
5 
6 
1-2 in., subcoriaceous, oblong, obtuse; margins flat .. 17. C. petiolata. 
8 
9 
. C. Bauer. 
. C. chathamica. 
Leaves 2-5in., elliptic-oblong, acute, firm, coriaceous. 
Drupe orange .. 8. C. robusta. 
Leaves 14-2 in., linear or lanceolate, coriaceous. oe 
pale and translucent 
Leaves 14-3in., ovate- lanceolate to elliptic- ovate, acumi- 
nate, membranous, glabrous. Inflorescence lax. .. 10. C. acutifolia. 
Leaves 13-4 in., ovate-lanceolate to ovate, acuminate, 
membranous ; ‘petioles and midribs hairy. Inflorescence 
. C.Cunninghamize 
dense S: .. 11. C. tenutfolia. 
Tree 15-30 ft. " Leaves ovate- or ¢ orbicular-spathulate, nar- 
rowed into winged petioles .. Ste as .. 12. C. arborea. 
B. Erect or rarely prostrate shrubs. Leaves small, less than lin. Flowers soli- 
tary or in few-flowered fascicles on minute arrested branchlets, which are 
often so much reduced that the flowers appear to be axillary. 
* Twigs glabrate or puberulous. Leaves spathulate. Drupe globose, black. 
Leaves suddenly contracted into a narrow winged petiole 
longer than the blade sé i a .. 13. C. spathulata. 
** Twigs densely pubescent (except in C. tenwicaulis). Leaves orbicular, 
orbicular - spathulate, or broadly oblong (often narrow in C. rhamnoides). 
Drupe globose, black or red. 
Branches divaricating. Leaves 4-lin., orbicular, cuspi- 
date, membranous. Drupe often didymous, din. diam., 
red ye sje Be or .. 14. C. rotundifolia. 
Branches fastigiate. Leaves 4-2 in., orbicular-spathulate, 
acute, membranous. Drupe 4in. diam., black or nearly 
so BY “s ” ts is .. 15. C. areolata. 
Branches spreading. Leaves +-4in., orbicular-spathulate, 
obtuse, rather coriaceous. Drupe vin. diam., black .. 16. C. tenwicaulis. 
Branches spreading, often interlaced. Leaves }-?in., 
variable, orbicular to ovate-oblong or linear-oblong. 
Drupe 4 in. diam., red te i ie .. 17. C. rhamnoides. 
*** Twigs densely pubescent (except in C. ramulosa). Leaves oblong 
linear-oblong, or linear-obovate. Drupe globose. 
Leaves }-2 in., oblong to obovate, densely ciliate .. 18. C. ciliata. 
Erect, leafy. "Leaves $+ in., obovate or linear-obovate. 
Drupe iin, diam., bluish or bluish-violet to black .. 19. C. parviflora. 
Prostrate or decumbent, glabrate. Leaves 4in., linear- 
obovate. Drupe din. diam., red ts “he .. 20. C. ramulosa. 
**** Twigs nearly glabrous. Leaves orbicular to oblong or obovate (spa- 
thulate in C. virescens). Drupe oblong, rarely obovoid, usually yellow. 
Branches ascending, puberulous. Leaves 4-1lin. long: 
obovate or oblong-ovate, coriaceous .. j 21. C. Buchanan. 
